The proposals should be submitted in English or Italian. Do not worry if your language is not perfect; as long as the idea is understandable, it will be considered.

The winning proposal will be published on the ESA website in July 2010.

By submitting the application, the applicant gives permission to ESA to publish their name, and allocates to ESA all the rights to use the proposal for the purposes outlined in this announcement and for purposes related to ESA communications.

All submissions are individual. No group submissions will be accepted.

By submitting the proposal, the participant declares that this is their own work and is not copied from any other original work. ESA bears no responsibility for verifying the authenticity of the proposals.

For applicants below age of 18, by submitting the proposal they confirm that a parent/legal guardian has been informed of the submission and agreed to it, taking into account the above conditions.

ESA staff members and contractors and their relatives are not allowed to take part in this competition.

The competition is open to all citizens and residents of ESA’s Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.